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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Multichar tokens |
| Date | Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:39:38 -0000 (UTC) |
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 22:05:54 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote: > In Java, »- -2« must be written as »- -2« and not as »--2«, > because there also is a special »--« operator. So, when one does want > two consecutive unary minus operators, one needs to separate them by > white space. This also applies to »+«. > > There are several other character combinations with special meanings > [1]. > Java syntax isn't all that surprising because ++ and -- are always monadic operators while >> and << are dyadic. Any parser should know the difference between the two and so should not get this wrong. In any case, its quite unusual to see either ++ or -- used inside an arithmetic expression. I can't remember ever seeing that construct. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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Re: Multichar tokens Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-08-14 00:39 +0000
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